99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
SB0649

 

Introduced 1/28/2015, by Sen. John J. Cullerton

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
520 ILCS 5/3.1-2  from Ch. 61, par. 3.1-2

    Amends the Wildlife Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning hunting by disabled veterans.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning wildlife.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Wildlife Code is amended by changing Section
53.1-2 as follows:
 
6    (520 ILCS 5/3.1-2)  (from Ch. 61, par. 3.1-2)
7    Sec. 3.1-2. Veterans who, according to the the
8determination of the Veterans' Administration as certified by
9the Department of Veterans' Affairs, are at least 10% disabled
10with service-related disabilities or in receipt of total
11disability pensions may hunt any of the species protected by
12Section 2.2, during such times, with such devices and by such
13methods as are permitted by this Act, without procuring hunting
14licenses, on the condition that their respective disabilities
15do not prevent them from hunting in a manner which is safe to
16themselves and others.
17(Source: P.A. 83-58.)